Germany's Promise To Send Anti-Aircraft Tanks Hits A Snag. Late Delivery And No Ammo

The Gepard antiaircraft tank of the German armed forces Bundeswehr fires during a demonstration at the exercise area of Munster about 80 km south east of Hamburg June 20, 2007. REUTERS/Christian Charisius/File Photo  

Reuters: Tanks, but no ammo – Germany's Ukraine pledges show military muddle 

BERLIN (Reuters) - Four weeks ago, Germany agreed to send dozens of anti-aircraft tanks to help defend Ukraine from Russia's invasion, part of what it called a turning-point after decades of military restraint. 

Berlin says it can deliver the first Gepard tanks in July. That's too slow, a Ukrainian parliamentarian said on Tuesday, as Russian forces launched an assault on the country's east. 

"For us, July is like, 'what?'" Anastasia Radina, a member of the Ukrainian parliament, told Reuters at the World Economic Forum. 

"Let me put it like this: Let's ask a mother who is forced to sit in a basement with her newborn child who has no baby formula. ... How far from now is July for her?"  

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WNU Editor: Germany also has a problem with Poland on the issue of tanks .... Germany ‘flabbergasted’ at Poland’s accusation of broken promise on tanks (Politico). Not surprising, Russian media is having a field-day on this issue .... Germany ‘perplexed’ by Poland’s accusations (RT).